Research Progress of Raman and Frequency Mixing for Visible Lasers Based on Vanadate Crystals

Mengyao Cheng; Yanmin Duan; Yinglu Sun; Li Zhang; Haiyong Zhu

doi:10.3788/LOP57.071611

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